The Lovely Rogers is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.6875, -120.06278
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Lovely Rogers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lovely Rogers
Secondary: Cherokee
Secondary: Shiner
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Bagby
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Nettie Shimer Hauck Et Al.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1857
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 9 TONS CONCENTRATE CONTAINING RECOVERABLE CU, PB, AG, AU
Comment (Deposit): VEIN .3 MORE OR LESS PARALLEL
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT, THREE LEVELS. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PITS ON NW 1/3 OF THE CLAIM. NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS OVER THE SE 2/3 OF THE CLAIM.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP. CUT BY SEVERAL NARROW GRANITIC DIKES
Comment (Deposit): ONE PARTIALLY PATENTED CLAIM, 12.57 ACRES. ORIGINAL OWNER RECOVERED GOLD FROM HIGH-GRADE SURFACE ORE BY CRUSHING THE ORE IN A HAND MORTAR.
References
Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 122 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 550 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 122 , 279 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 96 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 12 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY 1957
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